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Cotton Ball Ghost Craft

Create these fluffy ghosts using some basic supplies you already have at home. This cotton ball ghost craft is fun for kids of all ages.
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time20 minutes
Course: Kids Crafts
Servings: 1 Ghost Craft
Author: Alli Ward

Equipment

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Cut an arc shape from your cardboard. If you are looking for a symmetric shape, you can fold the cardboard or cardstock in half and then cut the half arc.
    cut cardboard with scissors
  • Grab your cotton balls and glue and your new ghost shape cardboard piece.
    glue cotton balls to cardboard
  • Spread glue over the front of the entire ghost shaped cardboard then place cotton balls covering the arc shape.
    cotton balls glued to cardboard
  • Add the googly eyes using the glue. If you have little kids making this project, you adding googly eyes using a glue stick or white school glue.
    hot glue eyes on cotton ball ghost
  • Cut an oval out of the black paper.
    cut black paper into eyes
  • Glue the black oval to the top of the cotton balls.
    glue black paper out on ghost
  • Now take a piece of toilet paper or one piece of tissue and cut it into strips approximately a half inch thick.
    cut strips of toilet paper
  • Grab your glue and the spooky ghost head :)
    how to make floating part of ghost craft
  • Glue the strips to the back of the ghosts.
    glue paper strips to back of ghost
  • Next you're going to grab a craft stick.
    add popsicle stick to back of ghost
  • Glue the craft stick to the back of the ghosts and you you very own Halloween ghost craft puppet.
    puffy ghost craft
  • We hope you enjoy this kids craft idea as much as we enjoyed making it.
    make ghost into puppet

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